Dr. Pescara-Kovach teaches courses in the field of human development as well as graduate
level seminars on the causes, consequences, and prevention of school violence. She
is co-chair of U.T.’s Anti-Bullying Task Force and author of “School Shootings and
Suicides: Why We Must Stop the Bullies.”

She serves as Ohio Director of Bully Police USA and also works as a bullying prevention
consultant in many school districts. She has given invited presentations on the topic
of bullying related suicides and homicides as well as causes and consequences of bullying
at the regional, state, national, and international levels. She served as Hiram College’s
Margaret Clark Morgan Scholar, an award reserved for scholars who make a considerable
difference in their fields. She is also the curriculum consultant for the Toledo-Lucas
County Anti-Bullying Campaign, the Healthy Lucas County Community Bullying Prevention
Liaison as well as content expert on the WGTE/Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio’s
“Preventing Bullying = Creating Safety” campaign.

She is currently working under a DOJ grant, geared toward enabling colleges and universities
to prevent and respond to emerging and chronic crime problems. To that end, she was
recently selected to be an instructor for the DOJ’s “College Campus Violence Prevention
and Protection Plan.

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Ph.D. 1994 in Experimental Developmental Psychology, The University of Toledo, Department
of PsychologyM.A. 1993 in Experimental Developmental Psychology, The University of Toledo, Department
of PsychologyB.A. Cum Laude 1990 in Psychology, The University of Toledo, Department of Psychology

Seminar in Educational Psychology: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention of Bullying
and School Violence (EDP-6190/8190), The University of Toledo, Judith Herb College of Education. Credit Hours: 3. Enrollment:
15

Social Development (EDP-6250/8250), The University of Toledo, Judith Herb College
of Education. Credit Hours: 3. AverageEnrollment: 15. Two sections.

The Role of School and Society in Preventing Bullying (TSOC 6190/8190), The University
of Toledo, College of Education. Credit Hours: 3. Enrollment: 11 (shared enrollment with Dr. Renee Martin). One section.

Early Child Development: Atypical (SPED-3220), The University of Toledo, College of
Education. Credit Hours: 1.Average Enrollment: 30. Two sections.

Adolescent Behavior and Development (EDP-3220; EDP-4220/5220), The University of Toledo,
College of Education. Credit Hours: 3. Average Enrollment: 35. Five sections.

Life Span Development (EDP-3290), The University of Toledo, College of Education.
Credit Hours: 3. Average enrollment: 35. One section.

Social Development, The University of Toledo, College of Education. Credit Hours:
3. Average enrollment: 10. Two sections